THE Crown’s portrayal of Diana is “upsetting” – and wrongly shows the princess as a “wounded animal”, her former butler said last night.
The controversial new season of the Netflix series was released on Wednesday, and it recreates the Royal Family‘s lives in the 1990s.
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And less than 24 hours after it aired, Diana‘s butler Paul Burrell revealed how he felt about the parts he’d seen so far.
Paul, who worked for the royal family for 21 years, admitted watching the portrayal of the princess was “unnerving” and “very upsetting”.
He was seen wincing when he explained how actress Elizabeth Debicki had near-perfected Diana’s voice on TalkTV.
Speaking on Jeremy Kyle Live last night, Paul said: “It’s my time. I was there.
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“I’m finding it very upsetting. She has a very good portrayal of the Princess and that’s unnerving.
“At times, for me, it’s unnerving at times to hear her voice. She’s obviously studied her voice very well.”
But, he was also angered by the show.
Paul said Diana had been portrayed like a victim – which she wasn’t.
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He said: “What I don’t like, I don’t like to see the Princess constantly portrayed as a wounded animal, constantly crying, constantly alone.
“They have made her into a very tragic figure, which of course he was but not all the time. We did have some fun.”
Speaking of how King Charles wasn’t being shown in the best light, Paul said: “It’s very timely coming at this time just before Harry’s book and just before the Coronation. It’s going to paint a very different picture.
“The danger is that the public will believe everything they see. I wish I could sit on the couch with everybody in the United Kingdom and say, ‘That’s not true, that didn’t happen’.”
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Another former royal employee recently spoke out about season five of The Crown.
Dickie Arbiter, the Queen‘s former press secretary, has critiqued the episodes and pointed out four crucial errors.